I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis. I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO. Full statement:

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

Trying to make sense of Trump’s foreign policy? Check out @abenewman.bsky.social & Stacie Goddard’s “Neo-royalism” for how Trump & elites are using the powers of the Presidency to extract money & status for themselves, with zero interest in national security or prosperity. 👇🧵

A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o... @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.

That would be Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, in the Oval Office for a meeting btwn the U.S. president and the NATO Secretary-General in the middle of a brutal war in Europe, staring at plans for a ballroom that will replace the now-demolished East Wing of the White House.

Karoline Leavitt on what she expected for today’s demonstrations: “Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, violent criminals.” Scott Bessent: “Most unhinged in the Democratic Party” Mike Johnson: “The pro-Hamas wing, the antifa people.” NYPD: More than 100,000 protesters; zero arrests.

Oh beautiful, for spacious skies…

1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering. www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...

Political science has obsessed over polarization while largely neglecting extremism, and with few exceptions has been inattentive to the roots of it all—power, structures, and identities. Too many elites are just as unprepared. Thus, their takes are empty, trite, and naive.

NEW: 77% of Americans say the US political system needs major changes or complete reform. Those who say the same about their country Nigeria 91% Brazil 87% S Korea 86% Greece 83% Kenya 80% France 74% UK 58% Germany 48% Canada 47% Sweden 29% www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

Submitted a paper this afternoon (hooray!) but oh the painful & inevitable stages involved in writing--from the euphoria (this will be the Best Paper Ever!) to the depths of despair (wow, this thing is terrible) to the resignation phase (well, I guess I'll just cut out that idea and move on). 1/

Chicago and NYC building their arsenals in case Trump gets any ideas

Well then.

Horse race coverage, but the horses are democracy and authoritarianism

Well, this piece really stirred the pot, but I find it is more right than wrong about how to teach in the age of AI. Oral exams, in-class active learning & lots of structured interactions with students as they develop their papers seems to help, but I have the luxury of only teaching seminars...

From Swampdoodle to NoMa. YIMBY success story: building blocks of new apartments in DC has helped keep housing prices from rising as in comparative cities. (But designing around the politics of NIMBYism there was easier than most places). economist.com/united-state...

Just got round to watching Mario Draghi's speech in Rimini in the original Italian. It is easily the most important speech on Europe so far this year and I hope someone (@grandcontinent.bsky.social?‬) publishes it in English and other EU languages soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMME...

Um... what? Believe me, the much bigger problem I have experienced driving in DC for 22 years is the inability of my fellow Washingtonians to understand how a 4-way stop sign works. Plus 'Dave Thomas' Circle--oh, and Chevy Chase Circle. Wear your damn seatbelt, snowflake. #DCStatehood

Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.

DC: my hometown, not a violent hellscape, friends. Here are some recent photos from a Sunday morning in the Bishop's Garden @ Washington Cathedral. Enjoy! #DCStatehood

Comprehensive and very well thought out set of reasons for not allowing any use of AI in the classroom.

Stanford is hiring: tenure-track, assistant professor position in Sustainable Food Systems. Please share! #academia

Everything from here on is just bailouts for stranded assets

So great to see this book out from my wonderful former PhD student @madisonschramm.bsky.social, Prof @utoronto.ca. Her deep theoretical insights & powerhouse empirics convincingly illustrate why personalistic dictators tend to provoke more bellicist responses. All too relevant to our world today...

I don’t want the NIH to be fucking profitable, I want it to cure cancer and Alzheimer’s

Ignore the political rhetoric, the grift is always lurking right below the surface: "investors...are interested in acquiring those stations for their valuable broadcast spectrum". Gov funding cuts used to force sell off state assets. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/b...

Hard agree.

Ominous: "even people not yet within the administration’s direct sightlines are becoming worried about speaking freely" This is why it's so important for people of conscience to speak out. Resistance to authoritarianism is a coordination game.

The Opposite of Doom

Chilling.

Great piece all should read before opining on the "right" & "wrong" self-descriptions of racial identity. This really hits home after frustrating convos re: my husband's hispanic identification (his mom was Ecuadorian but he only spent a few years there, which apparently is disqualifying, who knew).

An astonishing figure in this piece: Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing. This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers. That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.

A call to Christians to take action to resist Trump’s attacks on the vulnerable & marginalized—and democracy itself—from the Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe.

Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie. One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears. They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

Excellent RT on Europe during Trump 2.0 at @ces-europe.bsky.social at #Temple U. Thought-provoking presentations by @katemcnamara.bsky.social‬ @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social @dermothodson.bsky.social & Matthias Matthijs. Great start to the conference!

On Friday 9 May, the JEI organized its 8th Annual Lecture on the occasion of the 2025 EU Studies Association Conference in Philadelphia. 🇺🇸 Prof. Kathleen McNamara delivered a thought-provoking lecture addressing the question: ‘How will today’s new security logics reshape the EU?’ 🇪🇺

Which means a baby born in New York to undocumented parents will be a citizen. But a baby born to undocumented parents in Kentucky will not be a citizen. This is madness.

"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort." -- Sotomayor dissent

🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions protecting birthright citizenship from Trump's attack. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

FT is woke (complimentary)

I ❤️ NY

I HAVE NOW RESTORED THE ROMAN EMPIRE. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL CEASEFIRE IN ITALY THERE IS NO WAR WITH THE GOTHS AND THERE IS UNIVERSAL PROSPERITY, ANYBODY SPREADING RUMOURS ABOUT A plague IS WRONG, THER IS ALSO NO HERESY ANYMORE ALL IS ORTHODOX THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, YOUR EMPEROR

IT'S. NOT. A. BITTER. DISPUTE. It's a one-sided authoritarian assault on a private institution. What are we doing here, and what is journalism, anyway?

This is great campaign messaging. No wonder the establishment is so shook.

Amen, brother. Research by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social & @adambonica.bsky.social shows what the Dem Party needs to combat Trump's toxic politics. Its about personalizing issues & elevating authentic candidates who are not part of the broken Dem Party establishment--not leaning into an empty center.

Really feel like the NYC mayor’s race shows that there is no such thing as a progressive establishment, and there is, in fact, an anti-progressive establishment that runs all the way from Murdoch to Clinton

DAMN RIGHT

MA put in a millionaires tax 2 years ago, and the GOP said we'd miss revenue targets & millionaires would flee. MA collected TWICE the projected revenues, and the number of millionaires went UP 40% www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

Verklempt. #NoKings. 🎵 This land was made for you and me.